Would you turn down a job because it would mean you couldn't run competitively?

Unless you are running competitively against the best in the world, take the job.

Don't be a fool!

Take the job. Life as a poor runner sucks.

Your momma and future wife and kids will thank you.

"I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming"

Who's qoute ISIS?

While Obama sleeps! wrote:

Don't be a fool!

Take the job. Life as a poor runner sucks.

Your momma and future wife and kids will thank you.

"I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming"

Who's qoute ISIS?

Nope. Ted Cruz, American terrorist.

This is a tough one. I'd say that running is very important as that makes who you are, and you enjoy it a lot. But that doesn't mean you can't take the stressful job. If you are a true doer, you can take the stressful job and after the short adjustment period, you should be able to find time to run, but it may drop down on your priority list for a bit. But then you might totally lose your drive and just be another office drone...

Stop making excuses.

There are 24 hours in a day, use the better.

Running before work is easy....get up earlier.

Running after work is easy....run before you get home.

I say this as someone who ran upwards of 120-140 miles a week working 40-55 hours a week with a 30-60min commute.

Alan

Bingo! When I was young and stupid, I didn't take a couple of jobs because I knew that they would impact my training, and this was stupid, stupid, stupid. If competitive running is paying the bills, every month, it is nothing more than a hobby. By the time college is over, pretty much everyone in the US knows whether they are going to be competitive on the national level. There are national level competitive runners who exist due in part to the good will of others, spare rooms and sofas.

Think of your future son wrote:

Unless you are running competitively against the best in the world, take the job.

It depends, I enjoy my work but in the end it is only a means to pay for the things that I actually enjoy doing.

For a while my shifts were brutal, I was missing out on family time, a social life, and even normal sleep. Running wasn't even a thought. That wasn't worth the money. Now, with a promotion and somewhat better schedule, I have a healthier work/life balance. See family more and am training regularly.

Dont let your work consume you. But also don't let your training financially ruin you.

Agree with the take the job posters, which I would tell anyone in this situation unless they were a legit Olympic or WC team hopeful. No offense but breaking 31:00 means absolutely nothing in life, especially if you are 1.5 to 2 minutes away from it. A good job, network, etc will pay dividends the rest of your life.

Why would you not take the "big" job and just move close enough to not have a long commute and therefore, more free time? But if that's not possible and you're as well off financially I'd say take the job that leaves you a life outside of work and commuting to work. I'd say the same thing even if you didn't run at all. Work is supposed to support your life rather than have it be the other way around.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Stop making excuses.

There are 24 hours in a day, use the better.

Running before work is easy....get up earlier.

Running after work is easy....run before you get home.

I say this as someone who ran upwards of 120-140 miles a week working 40-55 hours a week with a 30-60min commute.

Alan

What a waste of time and energy, that could be put into more productive endeavors (like posting on letsrun). In the end, it's all just to stroke one's ego, regardless of how you try to rationalize it.

I wouldn't be happy in a job that leaves me without enough time to take care of myself. I wouldn't turn down a job because of running, but I would turn down a job because it is going to make me an unhappy person. You can't spend your whole life delaying gratification.

I think it depends on if you would be happy if you took this new job and couldn't do things that you use to be able to. If you are the same financially and will have a better life with family then I say don't take the job. Now if the career advancement means a boatload of more money and the hours don't get worse, then yeah it is hard to pass up. Your job is not everything in life, especially if you don't like it

exactly. lower you housing expectations a little. move closer and rent if necessary. too many people think you need to own. rent some micro apartment and get rid of the commute.

HRE wrote:

Why would you not take the "big" job and just move close enough to not have a long commute and therefore, more free time?

Exactly, London would be the perfect place to train if you lived in the right part of it. Lots of big parks, lots of clubs, tons of race opportunities on weekends.

Take the job that gives you time to train twice a day. Then train once a day and spend the extra time enjoying life.

Nobody ever looked back and said "I'm so glad I took that job that required 60 hours a week including my commute." Life is about more than just work. It is really easy to fall into that trap.

I know we runners pride ourselves on ability to manage our time effectively to fit in a high volume of running, but for some jobs this just isn't practical.

I quit my job and took a different one, and ability to run competitively was a strong consideration. Mind you, I left the job because I was probably going to be laid off in a few months. The job I took was slightly lower paid, but I would learn way more which will pay off down the road.

For example, in my old job, I was thrown to a remote work site as an engineer. I was working 11 hour days 4 days per week, 3 days off. Site had gym facilities so I could run there. But they were going to put me on nightshift to assist the trades. 11 hour nightshifts 4 days per week is simply not conducive to competitive running.

The pay was phenomenal for a guy who was in his mid-20's ($91K/year), but I was trading my life for money. Money is just a tool to get things you want in life. It's not the be-all, end-all. I know too many senior engineers who traded all worldly pleasures for a fatter paycheque.. I hope they enjoy their $2 million dollar funerals.

TCAMT wrote:

While Obama sleeps! wrote:

Don't be a fool!

Take the job. Life as a poor runner sucks.

Your momma and future wife and kids will thank you.

"I want to tell everyone to get ready, strap on the full armor of God, get ready for the attacks that are coming"

Who's qoute ISIS?

Nope. Ted Cruz, American terrorist.

Troll nonsense 0/10.

If not give link.

don't believe it!! wrote:

Troll nonsense 0/10.

If not give link.

You're accusing him of troll nonsense but you don't even know if it's true or not.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Stop making excuses.

There are 24 hours in a day, use the better.

Running before work is easy....get up earlier.

Running after work is easy....run before you get home.

I say this as someone who ran upwards of 120-140 miles a week working 40-55 hours a week with a 30-60min commute.

Alan

It's a POG!